Tuesday, November 01, 2011

Forgotten Movies: THE GIRL WITH GREEN EYES

In my continuing homage to Rita Tushingham, here is another little gem starring Rita, Lynn Redgrave (first film) and Peter Finch made in 1964. It's part of a trilogy of novels written by Edna O'Brien called COUNTRY GIRLS TRILOGY about a country girl who comes to the big city (Dublin). It was banned in Ireland (the books) for the frank portrayal of sexuality in young women. It's a smashing film. And if you haven't read O'Brien, it's a good place to start. Another nearly forgotten writer.

I love the rough and tumble way everything is done in this film. Not a bit of slick in it.

I enjoyed Rita Tushingham's films; they came along at the same time I made (and loved) my first trip to the UK. I remember only that her character becomes involved with an older man (Peter Finch). My only memory of it is that at one point in the film he is driven to say, "This is beyond human endurance." The line has always stuck with me and I find frequent use for it. Thanks.

Didn't see it, have no memory of it, and haven't read O'Brien. A total miss this time. This was made (released) in 1964, you say, and that's when I went into the U.S. Army, so maybe that's how I missed it, doesn't seem to be something they'd have at the one movie house on base. I'll have to find it to see, it looks like a film I'd enjoy.

SHOT IN DETROIT

CONCRETE ANGEL

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Patricia Abbott is the author of more than 125 stories that have appeared online, in print journals and in various anthologies. She is the author of two print novels CONCRETE ANGEL (2015) and SHOT IN DETROIT (2016)(Polis Books). CONCRETE ANGEL was nominated for an Anthony and Macavity Award in 2016.